William R. Richardson: “I would not trade an end to the war treaty or unless there is a denuclearization of sizable numbers of dismantling of…”

This was a concession in the first summit that we got nothing in return. So we should not concede that one again.

Russia needs to get tougher and they are not doing it. I think these U.N. sanctions were the strongest that we have ever had.

I think we at the Commission recognize, as we have over the years, that we always have to keep up with very dynamic changes in our industries that we regulate.

Perhaps a vaguer statement that says tensions are less and the war is over, OK. Maybe. But not as a tradeoff unless there is substantial denuclearization.